King Vakhtang Gorgasali Statue in Old Tbilisi

Description

Vakhtang I Gorgasali (Georgian: ვახტანგ I გორგასალი, Vakht’ang I Gorgasali) (c. 439 or 443 – 502 or 522), of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (eastern Georgia) in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century. - 1962 Sculptor: Elguja Amashukeli (1926 – 2002) was a Georgian sculptor and painter.